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The juvenile offender. Juvenile delinquency. Reform schools, etc.

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  • When Welfare Disappearsby Kenneth J. Neubeck

    Taylor & Francis 2005; US$ 26.95

    Offers a history of welfare and an understanding of the diverse characteristics of lone-mother-headed families affected by welfare reform. The author offers a comparison of many industrialized nation's welfare policies, and presents an argument for curtailing the end of welfare as we know it: the case for respecting economic human rights. more...

  • Juvenile Justice Sourcebookby Albert R. Roberts

    Oxford University Press 2004; US$ 98.99

    This sourcebook provides a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of the trends, policy issues and dilemmas, model programmes and outcome studies within the systems of juvenile justice affecting local, state, and federal jurisdictions throughout the United States. more...

  • Restorative Justice for Juvenilesby Allison Morris; Gabrielle Maxwell

    Hart Publishing Limited 2001; US$ 43.20

    Internationally,there is now an acceptance of the need to develop new strategies in criminal justice which reflect restorative justice principles. At the same time, theory, research and practice in restorative justice is making rapid advances. This book provides an up to date and critical account of recent developments. more...

  • Juvenile Crimeby Jeffrey Ferro

    Infobase Publishing 2003; US$ 45.00

    Juvenile Crime, a new volume in the Library in a Book series, takes a serious look at this important topic. It examines juvenile offenders, their crimes, and the consequences of those crimes to themselves, to their victims, and to society. This book provides an overview of the juvenile justice system, how it has evolved, and how it works today, and... more...

  • Understanding Youth and Crimeby Sheila Brown

    McGraw-Hill Education 2007; US$ 203.00

    This book is an accessible introduction to the subject of youth and crime. The author explores the social construction of childhood and youth, and looks at the role of the media in creating a strong association of young people with crime and disorder, which sustains processes of marginalization and exclusion and leads to frequent `panics¿ about youth... more...

  • Juvenile Law Violators, Human Rights, and the Development of New Juvenile Justice Systemsby Jørgen Jepsen; EricL. Jensen

    Hart Publishing Limited 2006; US$ 52.20

    This volume brings together scholars and practitioners specialising in juvenile justice from the US, Europe, alongside scholars from Africa and Asia who are working on human rights issues in developing countries or countries in transition. The book thus presents two types of papers, the first being descriptive and analytical academic papers on whole... more...

  • International Handbook of Juvenile Justiceby Josine Junger-Tas; Scott H. Decker

    Springer 2006; US$ 299.99

    Presents inside information on the Juvenile Justice-systems in 19 different countries, both in EU-member states as well as in the United States and Canada. This book includes a comparative introduction that highlights similarities as well as differences between the various systems, distinguishing between clusters of countries. more...

  • Comparative Youth Justiceby John Muncie; Barry Goldson

    SAGE Publications 2006; US$ 50.00

    `essential to all scholars of youth justice.' Professor Tim Newburn, London School of Economics and Political Science and President of the British Society of Criminology With contributions from leading commentators from 13 different countries, this carefully integrated edition comprises the most authoritive comparative analysis of international... more...

  • Family Life and Youth Offendingby Raymond Arthur

    Taylor and Francis 2006; US$ 49.95

    The contention that young people commit offences due to inadequate parenting and parental difficulties has been an abiding feature of the debates on juvenile offending. Previously this evidence has been used to design prevention programmes for young offenders who have been processed by the criminal justice system, but this book examines how this evidence... more...

  • Youth Crime and Justiceby Barry Goldson; John Muncie

    SAGE Publications 2006; US$ 53.00

    Providing an assessment of the relationship between evidence and contemporary youth justice policy formation, this book - alongside Comparative Youth Justice - makes a valuable contribution to the field of youth criminology. more...